Brian Mc
@luskronnie.bsky.social
Handyman living in Ireland. Interests include, sport, music, cycling and ways to improve mobility of the masses without a car
What a day yesterday for Irish football. Just one of the most surreal things I have ever witnessed in all of the years of watching sport.
The commentary on this goal is pure joy and disbelief and sums up what everyone in the country was doing at that moment.
www.rte.ie/video/id/29162
The commentary on this goal is pure joy and disbelief and sums up what everyone in the country was doing at that moment.
www.rte.ie/video/id/29162
Parrott scores extra-time winner in Budapest
Troy Parrott is the hero again for Ireland as he secures a World Cup play-off place
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What a day yesterday for Irish football. Just one of the most surreal things I have ever witnessed in all of the years of watching sport.
The commentary on this goal is pure joy and disbelief and sums up what everyone in the country was doing at that moment.
www.rte.ie/video/id/29162
The commentary on this goal is pure joy and disbelief and sums up what everyone in the country was doing at that moment.
www.rte.ie/video/id/29162
This episode aired on Tuesday and it really shook me. Not only the story of Cians life but the generosity of a community to do something so life changing left me in awe. The build and fundraising are ongoing but he is very close to having his home complete.
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
Build Your Own Home S02E05 - Cian
Cian, who was homeless, bought a derelict cottage in Sligo with the help of fund raising efforts. Determined to restore the house, Cian hopes that it will give him a secure future Watch Build Your Own...
www.rte.ie
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This episode aired on Tuesday and it really shook me. Not only the story of Cians life but the generosity of a community to do something so life changing left me in awe. The build and fundraising are ongoing but he is very close to having his home complete.
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
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Hi hello, does anyone in Ireland near Kilkenny have a bike shop where I can buy a Shimano di2 12 speed battery before tomorrow morning? Or just tomorrow so I can train...
Stuck in just my big ring today in Rás na mBan, not easy when it’s hilly and tomorrow includes an 18% climb 🥲
Stuck in just my big ring today in Rás na mBan, not easy when it’s hilly and tomorrow includes an 18% climb 🥲
September 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hi hello, does anyone in Ireland near Kilkenny have a bike shop where I can buy a Shimano di2 12 speed battery before tomorrow morning? Or just tomorrow so I can train...
Stuck in just my big ring today in Rás na mBan, not easy when it’s hilly and tomorrow includes an 18% climb 🥲
Stuck in just my big ring today in Rás na mBan, not easy when it’s hilly and tomorrow includes an 18% climb 🥲
I moved to Jersey when I was 20 and stayed in a hotel room for about a month when I first got there as it was the only rented room available. Absolutely horrible. No cooking facilities and only a kettle for tea/coffee/pot noodles. Hated going back there after work
fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
August 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I moved to Jersey when I was 20 and stayed in a hotel room for about a month when I first got there as it was the only rented room available. Absolutely horrible. No cooking facilities and only a kettle for tea/coffee/pot noodles. Hated going back there after work
I am on holiday in Sicily for 2 weeks. Primarily staying in Catania. If ever there was a city ruled by cars then this is the place. It is really sad because you look around and think how amazing it would be if it was more accessible for active travel.
August 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I am on holiday in Sicily for 2 weeks. Primarily staying in Catania. If ever there was a city ruled by cars then this is the place. It is really sad because you look around and think how amazing it would be if it was more accessible for active travel.
This just sums up the American right and all the propagandists who prop up this administration. Ignore the facts and change the subject.
Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."
July 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This just sums up the American right and all the propagandists who prop up this administration. Ignore the facts and change the subject.
www.newstalk.com/news/cyclist...
Brenda Power believes cyclists are the biggest threat on Irish roads. Completely ignoring facts.
It baffles me how someone decides to sit down and write something like this and know it to be completely and utterly false.
Brenda Power believes cyclists are the biggest threat on Irish roads. Completely ignoring facts.
It baffles me how someone decides to sit down and write something like this and know it to be completely and utterly false.
May 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
www.newstalk.com/news/cyclist...
Brenda Power believes cyclists are the biggest threat on Irish roads. Completely ignoring facts.
It baffles me how someone decides to sit down and write something like this and know it to be completely and utterly false.
Brenda Power believes cyclists are the biggest threat on Irish roads. Completely ignoring facts.
It baffles me how someone decides to sit down and write something like this and know it to be completely and utterly false.
www.thejournal.ie/unaccompanie...
This just shows how people can't see anything beyond cars. This TD should be actively trying to help his constituency by improving public transport rather trying to harm them by allowing unqualified people drive 2 tonne machines to college
This just shows how people can't see anything beyond cars. This TD should be actively trying to help his constituency by improving public transport rather trying to harm them by allowing unqualified people drive 2 tonne machines to college
Fianna Fáil TD says learner drivers should be allowed drive a car unaccompanied
Since 2018, it has been an offence for an unlicensed person to drive a vehicle unaccompanied.
www.thejournal.ie
May 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
www.thejournal.ie/unaccompanie...
This just shows how people can't see anything beyond cars. This TD should be actively trying to help his constituency by improving public transport rather trying to harm them by allowing unqualified people drive 2 tonne machines to college
This just shows how people can't see anything beyond cars. This TD should be actively trying to help his constituency by improving public transport rather trying to harm them by allowing unqualified people drive 2 tonne machines to college
I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social
Trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months
I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
May 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social
This is a great idea and hopefully it continues to grow.
By banding together for a monthly shop, a group of Dubliners pays less for healthy food. “More people, definitely. We need more people,” says Barry Bryan, who thought up and started Symbi. dublininquirer.com/2...
By banding together for a monthly shop, a group of Dubliners pays less for healthy food - Dublin Inquirer
“More people, definitely. We need more people,” says Barry Bryan, who thought up and started Symbi.
dublininquirer.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is a great idea and hopefully it continues to grow.
Sharing for no reason other than it's one of my favourite songs of all time and it's always a good time to share Rory Gallagher. Always reminds me of my time in Sydney when I really got in to his music and played this song constantly
youtu.be/r76pIb-fUs0?...
youtu.be/r76pIb-fUs0?...
Going To My Hometown (Live)
YouTube video by Rory Gallagher - Topic
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March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Sharing for no reason other than it's one of my favourite songs of all time and it's always a good time to share Rory Gallagher. Always reminds me of my time in Sydney when I really got in to his music and played this song constantly
youtu.be/r76pIb-fUs0?...
youtu.be/r76pIb-fUs0?...
I did think it was a necessary evil for the Irish Toaiseach to go to Washington for Paddy's day but after today's fiasco and embarrassment I now believe it is necessary for Ireland to stay put and stand with #Ukraine
March 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I did think it was a necessary evil for the Irish Toaiseach to go to Washington for Paddy's day but after today's fiasco and embarrassment I now believe it is necessary for Ireland to stay put and stand with #Ukraine
All of the usual buzz words used for reasons to not give people better spaces to live
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
February 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
All of the usual buzz words used for reasons to not give people better spaces to live
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
Day 3 of adventures in cargo biking. We took a day off yesterday. Today we saw the sites of Utrecht. Another great city and we again were blown away by the cycle infrastructure. No battery on today's bike so I had to use my legs. Surprised how easy it was to cart two kids around on a manual bike.
February 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Day 3 of adventures in cargo biking. We took a day off yesterday. Today we saw the sites of Utrecht. Another great city and we again were blown away by the cycle infrastructure. No battery on today's bike so I had to use my legs. Surprised how easy it was to cart two kids around on a manual bike.
Day 2 of adventures in cargo biking. This time around the streets of Amsterdam. Kids had a ball seeing the city from the front seats. Amazing how quiet the city is compared to other major cities I have been to. Compulsory rehydration in the Foodhallen along the way.
#cargobike #Amsterdam
#cargobike #Amsterdam
February 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Day 2 of adventures in cargo biking. This time around the streets of Amsterdam. Kids had a ball seeing the city from the front seats. Amazing how quiet the city is compared to other major cities I have been to. Compulsory rehydration in the Foodhallen along the way.
#cargobike #Amsterdam
#cargobike #Amsterdam
The kids first cargo bike experience through the streets of Naarden. Definitely thumbs up me and them. A little hydration afterwards
#cargobike #naarden
#cargobike #naarden
February 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The kids first cargo bike experience through the streets of Naarden. Definitely thumbs up me and them. A little hydration afterwards
#cargobike #naarden
#cargobike #naarden
www.netflix.com/nl/title/815...
Watched this today. Should be shared amongst friends and family who enjoy online shopping. Also could do with being shown to kids before they start on their consumerism journey.
Watched this today. Should be shared amongst friends and family who enjoy online shopping. Also could do with being shown to kids before they start on their consumerism journey.
Watch Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy | Netflix Official Site
Deze subversieve documentaire onderzoekt de trucs die merken gebruiken om te zorgen dat hun klanten blijven consumeren en de impact daarvan op ons leven en de wereld.
www.netflix.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
www.netflix.com/nl/title/815...
Watched this today. Should be shared amongst friends and family who enjoy online shopping. Also could do with being shown to kids before they start on their consumerism journey.
Watched this today. Should be shared amongst friends and family who enjoy online shopping. Also could do with being shown to kids before they start on their consumerism journey.
Just noticed RTE2 is showing Saving Private Ryan and TG4 is showing Flags of Our Fathers at the same time. Is Irish telly trying to send America a subtle hint?
February 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just noticed RTE2 is showing Saving Private Ryan and TG4 is showing Flags of Our Fathers at the same time. Is Irish telly trying to send America a subtle hint?
@andycyclesdublin.bsky.social Hi Andy, I would like to pick your brain about the Fingal cycling campaign as I see you have previously been involved with it. Unable to private message you so hence the public post. I won't take too much of your time
February 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
@andycyclesdublin.bsky.social Hi Andy, I would like to pick your brain about the Fingal cycling campaign as I see you have previously been involved with it. Unable to private message you so hence the public post. I won't take too much of your time
Mind-blowing that this is still happening. There is a reason/s why politicians continue to let this happen. Dublin looks, and has done for a long time, grubby. This is not only the case in Dublin city. Towns and villages all over the country have huge dereliction problems.
More than 14,500 vacant properties identified in Dublin city centre
More than 14,500 vacant properties identified in Dublin city centre
New figures from An Post’s data company GeoDirectory show a fifth of the buildings have been vacant for more than four years
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Mind-blowing that this is still happening. There is a reason/s why politicians continue to let this happen. Dublin looks, and has done for a long time, grubby. This is not only the case in Dublin city. Towns and villages all over the country have huge dereliction problems.
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
grist.org/biking/one-m...
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
grist.org/biking/one-m...
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
January 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
grist.org/biking/one-m...
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
grist.org/biking/one-m...
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Council briefs: Rethinking community wardens, lighting up parks in the evenings, and upgrading bus shelters. These were among the issues discussed at Fingal County Council’s monthly meeting on Monday. dublininquirer.com/2...
Council briefs: Rethinking community wardens, lighting up parks in evenings, and upgrading bus shelters - Dublin Inquirer
Why can’t a litter warden also give a parking fine? This, and other questions, were raised at Fingal County Council’s monthly meeting on Monday.
dublininquirer.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Council briefs: Rethinking community wardens, lighting up parks in the evenings, and upgrading bus shelters. These were among the issues discussed at Fingal County Council’s monthly meeting on Monday. dublininquirer.com/2...
Today I went out for a cycle around my local area in north Dublin. Most of the route we took was on main roads or country lanes. Part of the route had a cycle lane. This cycle lane was only created last year so it is relatively new and stretches for about 2kms along a wide road.
January 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Today I went out for a cycle around my local area in north Dublin. Most of the route we took was on main roads or country lanes. Part of the route had a cycle lane. This cycle lane was only created last year so it is relatively new and stretches for about 2kms along a wide road.
@bsky.app hi there, just wondering if there is a way to bookmark/ save posts I like? Fairly new to this so may be just missing something obvious. Thank you
January 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@bsky.app hi there, just wondering if there is a way to bookmark/ save posts I like? Fairly new to this so may be just missing something obvious. Thank you